James Gurney

This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.

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So Detroit isn't a rotting hulk of a dead industrial-opolis; it is rather a rotting hulk of a dead industrial-opolis with a garish fauve/expressionist paint over by squatter hipsters. What could be more utopian than that?

thanks for that video James. I used to work in Detroit heavy hauling steel trucking and always was in the run down parts of Detroit. I used to tell people that Detroit is the scariest place on earth and I have been to every major U.S. city and most of the world. Now that I am a artist this is a whole new fresh perspective on Detroit.

Wonderful video, thank you. And living proof that the more diverse a city's income the better its prospects. One industry cities, no matter how vibrant they are right now are always prone to a CorpRat meltdown.